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A screenshot from Birushana: Winds of Fate, from IFI's announcement of the game.

15.04.2026

IFI reveals Birushana: Winds of Fate’s Plus Edition contents.

Publisher Idea Factory International has announced a preorder date of April 22 for physical copies of otome visual novel fan disc Birushana: Winds of Fate; it will be available through the IFI Online Store and participating retailers. The company has also announced the contents of the game’s Plus Version, exclusive to its store. It includes a physical copy of the game, a trading card pack of nine cards, a book containing art and short stories, a reversible cover sleeve, and an IFI Online Store Exclusive trading card. The standard edition of the game will also include a trading card pack.…

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IFI reveals Birushana: Winds of Fate’s Plus Edition contents.

April 15, 2026

Idea Factory International/News

Publisher Idea Factory International has announced a preorder date of April 22 for physical copies of otome visual novel fan disc Birushana: Winds of Fate; it will be available through the IFI Online Store and participating retailers. The company has also announced the contents of the game’s Plus Version, exclusive…

Review: Beyond Words (Nintendo Switch 2)

April 14, 2026

PQube/Puzzle Game/Reviews/Roguelike

I suppose it was inevitable that at some stage, some indie developer would look at Scrabble and think to themselves “Roguelike!” After all, that r-word seems to be perennially glued into the indie developer mindset these days. Despite my growing hesitancy to touch anything with said r-word in the feature…

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Capcom/Nintendo Switch 2/Reviews

There was a time when Capcom was the most experimental game publisher, by a long way. Those of us who had PS2s and GameCubes at the time will remember that alongside the likes of Resident Evil 4, Capcom developed highly experimental stuff like P.N.03 and published Killer7, which was the…

A newly-cropped version of Dee Dee in the DDNet news studio.

The catch-up coffee: April 13, 2026

April 13, 2026

catch-up coffee/News

Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s weekly catch-up news feature, the catch-up coffee. Here, I bring you the best news you may have missed from last week. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee Dee)!…

Roguelike brain teaser game Infinity Sweeper launches this May

April 10, 2026

Indie/News

Publisher Yogscast Games and indie developer Longshot Studio have revealed a May release date for retro puzzle roguelike game Infinity Sweeper. Minesweeper meets the modern era in this game that combines classic strategy and nostalgia with the replayability of modern roguelikes. Navigate a familiar grid, uncovering numbered tiles while avoiding…

Asian cinematic survival horror game Incantation is now available for consoles

April 10, 2026

eastasiasoft/News

Incantation is now available digitally for consoles, and physical editions have begun shipping from Playasia. Presented in a cinematic 3D first-person perspective, Incantation is a horror-themed adventure game adapted from the live-action Taiwanese film of the same name. The environments are designed to authentically reflect aspects of Taiwanese culture, landscapes,…

The key art for Koshmar: The Last Reverie.

Dreamy action combat game Koshmar: The Last Reverie announced for PC and consoles

April 10, 2026

Indie/News

Purple Ray Studio has announced Koshmar: The Last Reverie with the help of a nightmarish trailer. In the upcoming title, duality affects the player’s reality. The game is a fast-paced, third-person single-player action-adventure set in a gothic-inspired realm of dreams and nightmares; it blends roguelite mechanics with RPG elements. Koshmar:…

The key art for Hidden Around the World.

Ogre Pixel releases Hidden Around the World for mobile devices, PC, and Switch

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Indie/News

On April 6, Ogre Pixel surprised players by launching its latest hidden object game, Hidden Around the World. The Hidden in my Paradise developer’s new title is similar, but this time the adventure takes you around the world. Travel with a curious photography apprentice and her fairy companion to hand-drawn…

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Idea Factory/Nintendo Switch/Reviews/Uncategorized/visual novel

The first otome visual novel that I played – in fact, the first visual novel at all – was Hakuouki, back on the PlayStation 3, when visual novels on console were a rare treat indeed. These days, we’re inundated with the genre, but Idea Factory, the publisher behind Hakuouki, have…

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Gadgets

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March 27, 2026

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